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“Hungary’s ever increasing support for families by the government is creating an environment where marriages and families are flourishing and abortion numbers are dropping, one of the country’s ministers advised a recent international conference on life and family.

The support has caused abortion numbers to plunge by more than a third of what they were in 2010 (40,449 to 28,500). It has also caused a plunge in the number of divorces (23,873 in 2010 to 18,600 in 2017) and a surge in the number of marriages (35,520 in 2010 to 50,600 in 2017).

‘A precondition of the medium and long-term social development and the sustainability of Hungary is a lasting turn in demographic trends,’ Katalin Novàk, Hungarian Minister of State for the Family, Youth and International Affairs, said.

‘The objective can be achieved with a stable, complex, targeted and flexible family policy that is capable of adapting to changing needs and conditions,’ she added.”

One of the Founding Trustees of The Saint George Educational Trust, and former Member of the European Parliament, Roberto Fiore, provides background to the winnable campaign to outlaw abortion in Hungary.

On 23rd July, 2016, a European March for Life is due to take place in Budapest, attended by representatives of countries throughout Europe.

The parade will begin with the midday Angelus bells ringing out to commemorate the victory of Christian Europe over an Islamic invasion force at Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) in 1456. The march will start in the square named after Saint John Capistrano, a hero of the battle, and will end on Saint Margaret’s island in the River Danube in the heart of the Hungarian capital.

The march will be the main public event in a weekend-long programme of activities in defence of unborn children to protest against the immoral and anti-Christian brutality of abortion and the disastrous demographic impact of murdering literally millions of unborn Europeans.

Friday 22nd July, 2016

18:00 – 20:00 Welcome party for pro-life delegates representing their nations. Camping space provided or book your own hostel/hotel

Saturday 23rd July, 2016

9:00 – 10:45 “The War of Cradles” – “Bellum incunabulorum” conference in the Marmor Hall of the Military Museum (Kapisztrán tér)

11:00 – 11:45 Holy Tridentine Mass in the ruins of the church named after Mary Magdalene (Kapisztrán tér)

12:05 After the Angelus, participants will leave carrying crosses for the Dominican convent situated on the island named after Saint Margaret (5 kilometers 1.5 hours)